Fly-swatter.



H. P. FOGH- FLY swmm. APPLICATION FILEII APR- I8. 1916- Pmemed Feb. 5, 191a Warren erarns rnrnnr orribn.

HANS I. FOGH, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

FLY-SWATTER. I

1,255,303, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 5, 191%,,

Application fi1ed April 18, 1916. Serial No. 92,056.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HANS P. FOGH, a citi zen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Swatters, of which the following is a full, true, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fly swatters and has for its principal object to provide an improved and novel form of fly swatter which is adapted to kill flies upon a ceiling or a floor; to provide a swatter which is attachable to a handle and which has operating connections for operating from a distance; to provide frictional means for holding the swatter to the ceiling. A further object is to provide an automatic return stroke swatter.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, numeral 1 indicates a staff to which a body 2 is removably attached. A friction tip 3 is provided on the extremity of body 1. A yoke 4: is pivoted to either side of body 2. The rear end of yoke 4i terminates in a link 5 to which a pull cord 6 is attached. The forward end of yoke 4 is wound into a stiffening spiral 7. A wire rack 8 is secured to the forward end of yoke 4 and is covered with a wire fly net 9. A spreader 10 stiflens the rack 8. The yoke 4: and rack 8 are flexi- The weight of the rack is sufficient to normally hold it in about the position shown in Fig. 2. The operation is as follows:

The tip 3 is placed against the ceiling adjacent to a fly and a. pull upon line 6 jacks the rack up against the ceiling and kills the fly. The cord may be pulled with same hand that holds the staff if desired.

While I have shown a particular object of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art with out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

A fly swatter comprising a handle having 7 an extension at one end, a pin extending horizontally through the extension, a wire yoke coiled intermediate its ends, said coils engaging the ends of the pins, the inner cross end-of the wire forming the yoke being coiled to form a spring, the axis of which is parallel with the axis of the pin, a swatting member including a wire frame covered with fine wire, a transverse yoke connecting the ends of the wire frame of the swatting member adjacent the coil spring, the free ends of the wire frame engaging in the ends of the coil spring and secured thereto, and a cord for rocking the pivoted yoke and the swatter, the coil spring between the latter yoke and the swatting member providing a resilient connection, whereby when the cord is pulled to kill a fly on a ceiling the swatting member will rest against and be parallel with said ceiling.

HANS P. FOGH.

topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentm,

Washington, D. G. 

